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Technology Stocks : Siebel Systems (SEBL) - strong buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Trader Dave who wrote (3044)	11/2/1999 7:03:00 PM
From: Beltropolis Boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6974

>I haven't studied up on Calico in a while, lots of transitions there. I'm not so sure stand alone configuration makes enormous sense.< TD. curious, would you characterize privately held FirePond in the same category? a platform primarily rigged for Web front ends? i'd be interested to know how often Siebel encounters them while out pounding the pavement. odd name aside (NapalmBeach has a better ring, no?), their Application Suite seems fairly well rounded, albeit not a full-blown CRM suite: sales-effectiveness (FirePond Sales); e-commerce (FirePond Web); sales-force automation and opportunity management, aka "lookie, trigger events!" (FirePond Sales Manager); automated customer interaction (FirePond Process Server); and e-business app development (FirePond Enterprise WorkBench). fwiw, they're all alone in the exclusive, Interactive Selling System "magic quandrant" clique according to Gartner (should the latter have a star in your little black book): firepond.com thanks, -chris.